ATHENS, Vt. – The Athens Brick Meetinghouse Committee, in conjunction with the Athens Historic Preservation Society, is honored to host Cameo Baroque at the 1817 Brick Meetinghouse in Athens, Vt., on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 4 p.m.
Founded in 2014, Cameo Baroque – Leslie Stroud, traverso (Baroque flute); Beth Hilgartner, recorders and voice; Ernie Drown, harpsichord; and Laurie Rabut, viola da gamba — is Cameo Arts Foundation’s (CAF) in-house ensemble, and specializes in the music of the Baroque era performed on period instruments. Cameo Baroque is dedicated to bringing some lesser-known masterworks of the Baroque period to audiences. Most programs include at least one work that has been transcribed and/or arranged by Hilgartner from 17th– and 18th-century manuscripts available online from the International Music Score Library Project, www.imslp.org. The program for this concert will include music of J.S. Bach, Telemann, Pachelbel, Sebastian Anton Scherer, Henricus Albicastro, and Johann Schenck.
Cameo Arts Foundation, Inc. (CAF) organizes and underwrites Cameo Baroque benefit concerts so that communities in the Vermont and New Hampshire region have access to high-quality, affordable live music, and organizations that work to meet basic human needs receive much-needed support. Admission at all CAF-sponsored concerts is by free-will offering, all of which goes to the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, the designated charity for this concert.
The Athens 1817 Meetinghouse, aka the Old Brick Church, is a national historic landmark, located at 2 Meetinghouse Road just off Route 35. Still as it was in the mid-1800s, it is a perfect venue for this music of the Baroque era.
For more information, contact Sherry Maher at 802-275-2835, or follow Athens Meetinghouse on Facebook.